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1 1 SENATE RESOLUTION NO. ___
1 2 BY HAMMOND, VILSACK, DVORSKY, KRAMER, and GRONSTAL
1 3 (COMPANION TO LSB 2765HH BY DODERER)
1 4 A Senate Resolution honoring Mr. Michael Gartner for
1 5 winning the Pulitzer Prize for editorial writing.
1 6 WHEREAS, Mr. Gartner's maternal grandfather, Dr.
1 7 John Charles Gay, edited the Waterloo Morning Tribune
1 8 and Mr. Gartner's father, Mr. Carl Gartner, was an
1 9 editor for the Des Moines Register for more than 40
1 10 years, ensuring that the pundit's genetic code spelled
1 11 out "newspaperman"; and
1 12 WHEREAS, whenever Mr. Gartner's education and
1 13 career paths led him from Iowa, his self-professed
1 14 love for this state eventually enticed him to return;
1 15 and
1 16 WHEREAS, Mr. Gartner's educational path took him to
1 17 Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota, and New
1 18 York University where he received his juris doctorate
1 19 degree; and
1 20 WHEREAS, 14 years with the Wall Street Journal as a
1 21 reporter and editor, including five years as a page
1 22 one editor, prepared him for further career successes
1 23 as executive editor, and subsequently editor and
1 24 company president of the Des Moines Register and
1 25 Tribune; general news executive and subsequently
1 26 editor of the Gannett Company's Louisville Courier-
1 27 Journal and Times; president of NBC News; and for his
1 28 current full-time duties as editor and part-owner of
1 29 The Daily Tribune of Ames; and
1 30 WHEREAS, as a columnist for USA Today and the Wall
2 1 Street Journal, commentator for Iowa public radio and
2 2 the Voice of America, and as a fellow at the Institute
2 3 of Politics at the Kennedy School of Government at
2 4 Harvard University, Mr. Gartner has ably represented
2 5 this state to the rest of the country; and
2 6 WHEREAS, Mr. Gartner has been praised for
2 7 transforming The Daily Tribune into a lively, well-
2 8 received community newspaper by emphasizing local news
2 9 and writing expressively about the problems of the
2 10 community of Ames and this state; and
2 11 WHEREAS, in an address to the joint convention of
2 12 the General Assembly on Pioneer Lawmakers' Day, March
2 13 28, 1995, the inveterate logophile described Iowa as
2 14 open, clean, and honest and observed that Iowans
2 15 believe in education, hard work, equality, and
2 16 selflessness; attributes which could also describe Mr.
2 17 Gartner; and
2 18 WHEREAS, journalism awards and service to
2 19 journalism are nothing new to Mr. Gartner, who served
2 20 as president of the American Society of Newspaper
2 21 Editors (ASNE); was a member of the Pulitzer Prize
2 22 Board for 10 years, serving as chairman in his final
2 23 year on the board; received the ASNE Distinguished
2 24 Writing Award for Editorial Writing and was runner-up
2 25 for that award for the following three years; and won
2 26 the Walker Stone Award for Editorial Writing; and
2 27 WHEREAS, the Pulitzer Prize is journalism's most
2 28 prestigious award; and
2 29 WHEREAS, it was announced on April 7, 1997, that
2 30 Michael Gartner of The Daily Tribune of Ames, Iowa, is
3 1 the recipient of the 1997 Pulitzer Prize for editorial
3 2 writing, based on nine editorials he wrote during 1996
3 3 for The Daily Tribune; NOW THEREFORE,
3 4 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE, That the Senate
3 5 recognize and honor Mr. Michael Gartner for his
3 6 lifetime of work and achievements, especially his
3 7 outstanding accomplishment in winning the 1997
3 8 Pulitzer Prize for editorial writing, and mark its
3 9 appreciation for his steadfast love and enthusiasm for
3 10 the people and the state of Iowa.
3 11 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That an official copy of
3 12 this Resolution be prepared for presentation to Mr.
3 13 Gartner.
3 14 LSB 2765SS 77
3 15 kh/jj/8
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